Chapter 44: Are You Worthy?_2
Then, Xu Mo naturally wouldn't consider the opponent as an imaginary enemy; why not be brothers instead of foes?
Of course, when it comes to someone like Gisman, he wouldn't mind stomping them dead directly.
Augustus was somewhat surprised upon hearing Xu Mo's response, then said, "To pass means strength."
No matter the methods used to win, victory is victory.
"We agreed to spar three months later, but now it seems I'm likely to lose," Hudson beside him said, having only passed through six major virtual trial grounds.
"As I said before, after three months of cultivation, reaching the best state and going all out, it doesn't really matter who wins or loses," Xu Mo said with a smile.
"Yes, the main opponents now are still other Mystic God Temple members," Hudson looked at nine Mystic God Temples opposite them. Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple was provoked right in the first battle, clearly being considered weak.
"Gisman is likely to lose." At this moment, Matthew, ranked second on the leaderboard, looked at the battlefield and spoke. Gisman was being suppressed by the opponent, facing dire situations.
This made the Chloe Star Mystic God Temple cultivators look serious; after all, Gisman was one of them. If Chloe Star's Mystic God Temple ended up too miserable, it wouldn't look good for their reputation.
"We are being targeted," Hudson remarked.
"In terms of top-level combat power, our Chloe Star Mystic God Temple is not at a disadvantage," Matthew said with a smile, "Xu Mo, Zero, Augustus, I reckon can match the top figures of each major Mystic God Temple."
Previously, Augustus, Matthew, and Hudson were in the top three of the leaderboard, then Xu Mo and Zero suddenly advanced, making Chloe Star's top five not weak on paper.
Sure enough, Gisman lost, knocked out by Carlo from the Capital Star Ao Temple.
The second challenger still targeted Chloe Star Mystic God Temple cultivators, the one ranked ninth, but failed this time.
As the battles went on, those challengers started from the back, picking each Mystic God Temple's tenth rank first, then ninth, with the battles becoming increasingly fierce.
Ultimately, after a hundred battles, twenty-seven challengers succeeded and made it into the top hundred.
Chloe Star Mystic God Temple was challenged quite a lot, losing three people, and their three challengers all failed. In the end, among the top hundred left, Chloe Star Mystic God Temple had seven.
This number isn't too tragic, but it's definitely not glorious.
Xu Mo wasn't challenged in this round; although other Mystic God Temple members gathered some basic info on him, nobody dared to bypass lower-ranked challengers to risk challenging Chloe Star's top ranked entity. No matter how Xu Mo joined Chloe Star Mystic God Temple, the position they gave him already proved some points itself.
Thus, Xu Mo was left out again.
When leaving, Cleo left alone without meeting elders from other Mystic God Temples to avoid being ridiculed.
However, the upcoming final hundred-person battle is the main event.
Therefore, upon returning, Xu Mo continued to immerse himself in cultivation, striving to become stronger.
In Chloe Mystic God Temple's combat arena, a conflict occurred.
Gisman injured Erin Uranos during a duel in the arena.
After being kicked out in the first round, Gisman felt humiliated. Upon returning to the arena, he sparred with others, lingering on that defeat, especially Xu Mo's remark, making him lose face.
Katie and Gisman talked about this battle, Gisman claimed his exit didn't matter, but if Xu Mo and Zero, holding the first and second positions in their temple, were defeated by lower-ranked individuals from other temples in the next battles, then Chloe Mystic God Temple's name might be ruined by them.
To this, surprisingly a few agreed, Erin Uranos happened to overhear and verbally clashed with Gisman.
Subsequently, Gisman rudely mocked Erin Uranos, implying she was involved with Xu Mo, leading to conflict, and Gisman injured Erin Uranos.
Previously, this would have been unlikely, he had thoughts about Erin Uranos, wanting to use Uranos Family resources, but now Erin Uranos walked with Xu Mo, breaking ties with him, making him dissatisfied, and today's events unbalanced him, causing the incident.
However, Gisman trained in the temple and was a top-ranked presence, not fearing the Uranos Family; injuring Erin Uranos in the arena was seen as normal sparring, and nobody could say anything.
Xu Mo learned of this from Hudson, who exchanged contact info with him.
Thus, Xu Mo came to this side of the arena, where Gisman was still sparring with others.
Seeing Xu Mo approaching, many people cleared the way, Erin Uranos stepped forward and called out, "Xu Mo."
"You okay?" Xu Mo looked at Erin Uranos and asked.
"I'm fine." Erin Uranos shook her head, being a direct descendant of the Uranos Family, with no shortage of Genetic Evolution Liquid resources, her recovery was strong, healing quickly.
"Alright." Xu Mo nodded without saying more, and walked towards Gisman.
"They are fighting, what do you intend to do?" Katie walked up and asked Xu Mo.
"Buzz." Xu Mo stepped forward, his speed extremely fast. Katie retreated hurriedly, but it was too late.
"Bang..." A punch hit Katie's chest, the Meteor Body Technique's impact causing a crunching sound, bones shattered, Katie's body was blasted out, harshly crashing onto the arena.
Gisman stopped fighting and looked at the approaching Xu Mo with indifferent eyes, saying, "Xu Mo, what do you mean?"
"Do you like comparing yourself to me?" Xu Mo stepped forward, hovering in the air, staring at Gisman with his dark eyes.
Gisman frowned, seeing Xu Mo wave his hand, instantly nine flying swords hovered in front of him, humming and vibrating at high frequency, surrounded by Thunder Light shining upon them.
"If you can withstand one strike, I'll admit defeat," Xu Mo said, Gisman's powerful Source Power erupted, forming a Source Power Shield.
"Screech..."
A sharp whistle sounded, and in just a moment, a flying sword shot out.
"Boom!"
A violent roar burst forth, the flying sword directly piercing through the shield, Gisman didn't even react, his body retreated.
But in the next instant, eight swords simultaneously shot out, a heaven-encompassing array of eight swords flying in.
In a flash, blood splattered, Gisman's body was pierced through, harshly crashing down, though Xu Mo avoided the vital parts.
"Are you qualified?"
The flying swords returned, Xu Mo turned and left.